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Kia Motors Corporation, Monday, announced its October 2015 global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles, recording a total of 251,439 units sold for a year-on-year increase of 3.7percent.
According to a statement issued in Seoul, Korea, in October, Kia posted year-on-year sales increases in North America (10.6% growth with 56,061 units sold) and domestic Korean market (25.9% growth with 46,605 units sold).
It said cumulatively through the first 10 months of 2015, Kia’s global sales totalled 2,377,284 units for a 0.9% year-on-year decrease. Korea (424,139 units sold) and North America (585,735 units sold), the statement added, have seen a 13.8% and 6.1% rise in sales, respectively, through October 2015.
The statement further said that Kia’s bestselling model in overseas markets during October 2015 was the B-segment Rio (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 41,318 units sold, adding the Sportage compact CUV was the second best seller with 34,924 units sold, while the C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ or ‘K3’ in some markets), Optima D-segment sedan and Soul urban crossover followed with 31,152, 25,766 and 17,845 units sold, respectively.
